Patents by Inventor Scott Charles Frame

Scott Charles Frame has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PARALLEL CONVERTER CURRENT SHARING
    Publication number: 20130301327
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of converting power is described. One embodiment of the method comprises receiving direct current (DC) power; channeling the DC power through an inverter including a first bridge and a second bridge, wherein each of the first bridge and the second bridge includes at least one switch; controlling the at least one switch of the first bridge and the at least one switch of the second bridge to convert the DC power to alternating current (AC) power; and, channeling the AC power through an inductor that includes a first winding and a second winding, wherein the first winding is coupled to an output of the first bridge and the second winding is coupled to an output of the second bridge and wherein the inductor is configured to have a first magnetic path for common mode inductance and a second magnetic path for differential mode inductance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Gregory Wagoner, Scott Charles Frame, Chunchun Xu, Huibin Zhu
  • Power generation system, power converter system, and methods of converting power
    Patent number: 8270191
    Abstract: A power converter system includes an inverter including a first bridge and a second bridge, wherein each of the first bridge and the second bridge includes at least one switch. The power converter system also includes an inductor including a first winding coupled to an output of the first bridge and a second winding coupled to an output of the second bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Huibin Zhu, Allen Ritter, Scott Charles Frame
  • Power Generation System, Power Converter System, And Methods Of Converting Power
    Publication number: 20110299311
    Abstract: A power converter system includes an inverter including a first bridge and a second bridge, wherein each of the first bridge and the second bridge includes at least one switch. The power converter system also includes an inductor including a first winding coupled to an output of the first bridge and a second winding coupled to an output of the second bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Huibin Zhu, Allen Ritter, Scott Charles Frame
  • Transfer circuit topology for redundant power generator regulators and inverting DC drives
    Patent number: 7405496
    Abstract: A method and transfer circuit topology for a redundant power converter for switching a load between power conversion circuits in a redundant system. The transfer circuit topology includes a first contactor and a second contactor each having an input coupled to a source and an output coupled to a controlled commutating current path. The controlled commutating current path is coupled to the load for switching between the redundant power converters without interrupting current to the load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Gregory Wagoner, Scott Charles Frame, Brian Eric Lindholm, Pedro Monclova